Who this garden brings back
Because turtlehead planted these, these named species have a place here.
Little Brown BatEndangeredBat
Disease wiped out most of them. A single bat eats thousands of insects a night, the ones night-blooming natives raise.
Eastern MeadowlarkThreatenedBird
A grassland bird losing its grasslands. Native bunchgrasses bring back the insects and cover it needs.
BobolinkThreatenedBird
A bubbling song of summer meadows, now threatened. Native grasses rebuild the habitat it raises its young in.
Olive-sided FlycatcherThreatenedBird
It perches on tall spruces and sallies out to catch flying insects. Native blooms keep its prey in the air.
Chimney SwiftThreatenedBird
It catches every meal on the wing. Native plants sustain the insects it lives on.
Barn SwallowThreatenedBird
A bird that once nested on every farm, now threatened. Native plants feed the flying insects it catches on the wing.
Bank SwallowThreatenedBird
It feeds entirely on flying insects. Every native flowering patch is more food in the air it hunts.
Yellow-banded Bumble BeeSpecial concernBee
A once-common bumble bee in decline. Beebalm and columbine are among its favourites.
Eastern Wood-PeweeSpecial concernBird
Its slow 'pee-a-wee' call is heard less each year. It needs the flying insects native plants support.
Transverse Lady BeetleSpecial concernBeetle
Our native ladybugs are being pushed out. Native plants give them aphids to hunt and cover to overwinter.
Luna MothSpecialistMoth
One of our most beautiful moths raises its young on native trees like birch and serviceberry.
Photos: Photo by Marvin Moriarty/USFWS, public domain · Photo by Ken Thomas, public domain · Photo by Paul Engel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Photo by Mike's Birds, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Photo by Andrew C, CC BY 2.0 · Photo by Malene Thyssen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Photo by John, CC BY 2.0 · Photo by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab, public domain · Photo by Dan Pancamo, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Photo by Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Photo by Shawn Hanrahan, CC BY-SA 2.5
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